I'm indifferent about the likelihood of him starting. It doesn't matter as I have the open spot in my lineup, i'm trying to decide if he's worth starting or if it would be detrimental. I'm well aware of the schedule.

I'm holding onto Duchene carefully in the keeper league, I just think he's about to blow up. There is nothing behind that though. Like Koivu a lot, especially with Parise and Heatley. Its really hard to weigh a trade with that many players.

I'm very torn on Duchene. I think this might be the best time to sell him. Right now he is playing at ppg pace (~80 points seems to be his ceiling, I think) and, more importantly in this league, he is better than a hit and blocked shot per game pace, which is dramatically increasing his value in this league. Right now he's pacing for a hit/block season on par with Ryan Kesler and 80 point player. I don't know that he can ever top that. The Duchene trade is Duchene, Kuznetsov, Hemsky for St. Louis, Koivu, Leddy. That seems like a pretty strong return.

I'd do it, then i'd try to flip St Louis for something next year if he got off to a good start. Koivu is a sustainable add at center, probably better moving forward once Parise settles in with that team, especially if they continue to add. Heatley has to improve also...I think.

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Idoit40fans wrote:I'd do it, then i'd try to flip St Louis for something next year if he got off to a good start.

Yeah, I was thinking that I could flip St. Louis and Anderson/Bishop both in future seasons if I'm struggling. Anderson is a huge part of this deal, though. Right now I am 5-0, probably about the third best team. And that is with only 1 regular starter (Smith). So, a bit of luck there with Luongo's strong stretch and the amazing start from Zetterberg, Duchene, etc.

To give an idea of how hard it is to get goalies in this league, I inquired about Bobrovsky at the start of the season and the guy responded "Getzlaf, Perry, Wheeler, Duchene are the names I would consider."

Completed the Perry trade but the other GM is getting cold feet on the Duchene/Koivu+MSL swap. Wouldn't be the end of the world except two of the other top teams have basically commented that the Perry trade is going to kick off an arms race, so I hope that neither of them land MSL.